When it comes to Michael Politte’s supposed pyromania, Unlocking The Truth investigators had reason to believe on tonight’s episode that the courts fueled the fire.

Politte, who’s been in jail since 1998 for the second-degree murder of his mother Rita, wound up in prison largely because of the notion that he was a fire-obsessed teenager. As his mother’s bludgeoned body was found burned beyond recognition, police maintained suspicions Michael was responsible, but Ryan Ferguson and Eva Nagao spoke to Rita’s ex-boyfriend Derek, who insisted police embellished Michael’s fire fascination and consequent villainy.

Derek explained that he and Rita dated on and off in 1998, and that Michael — who took his parents’ divorce personally — was not Derek’s biggest fan. Having watched his own parents’ sort through a separation, Derek understood why Michael might have wanted to keep his distance.

A unique collaboration between a U.S. telecommunications equipment provider and a Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory has helped dramatically improve design cycle times for future high-speed optical networking components.

A unique collaboration between a U.S. telecommunications equipment provider and a Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science national laboratory has helped dramatically improve design cycle times for future high-speed optical networking components.

In September 2016, Reddit users engaged in a collaborative effort to preserve and secure what they believe is evidence that a fellow user posting under the screen name stonetear, who had sought technical advice about stripping addresses from e-mail messages, is actually Paul Combetta — an employee of Platte River Networks, the company that managed Hillary Clinton’s infamous private e-mail server. Combetta allegedly sought questionable advice via Reddit about stripping out a “very VIP’s e-mail address from a bunch of archived email” during times crucial to the Clinton e-mail investigation in 2014 and 2015.

On 18 September 2016, a Twitter user published a galvanizing tweet suggesting Combetta was u/stonetear:

In September 2016, Reddit users engaged in a collaborative effort to preserve and secure what they believe is evidence that a fellow user posting under the screen name stonetear, who had sought technical advice about stripping addresses from e-mail messages, is actually Paul Combetta — an employee of Platte River Networks, the company that managed Hillary Clinton’s infamous private e-mail server. Combetta allegedly sought questionable advice via Reddit about stripping out a “very VIP’s e-mail address from a bunch of archived email” during times crucial to the Clinton e-mail investigation in 2014 and 2015.

On 18 September 2016, a Twitter user published a galvanizing tweet suggesting Combetta was u/stonetear: